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The Alexander Technique is incredible valuable in working with RSI; I'm a violinist & AT teacher in NYC and have seen people who couldn't turn a page in a book or press an elevator button without pain learn how rid themselves of RSI by improving their "use" as Mr. Alexander called it.
Here's a little essay that explains some of the ideas behind the work; but it must be learned by hands on experiences to be truly understood.
http://connectingupthedots.com/2014/03/20/understanding-the-primary-directions-which-way-is-up/
Hello LessWrong!
I'm happy to see that my site: www.connectingupthedots.com has been linked a couple of times here.
I'd like to throw my two cents in on the discussion about understanding these "zen-like" ideas, why it takes so long, and why conveying them in words is problematic.
It's good to remember that words are only descriptions of ideas, not the ideas themselves, thus trying to learn from a verbal description is bound to have problems as interpretation of bodily feelings and many other subjective things (which are affected by everything from genetics to personal experience). Similarly the descriptions of thought (what we hear as language in our head) isn't thought but a description of a... (read 782 more words →)